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Join us on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 8 PM Eastern time for the 81st Academy Awards ceremony.

Even a monkey could understand why so many are offended by Sean Delonas' cartoon in the New York Post.

We talk about her songwriting, getting by in the music business, and her current U.S. tour.

Inglourious Basterds is the highly anticipated new movie from director Quentin Tarantino starring Brad Pitt. In addition to Pitt, Inglourious Basterds sports an all-star cast including Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, Eli Roth, Samuel L. Jackson and others. Set during World War II, Inglourious Basterds follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers …

The two most famous Queen Elizabeths in history have both sat on the same throne – that of England. The first, the Tudor daughter of Henry VIII, ruled England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland (and she claimed France). Elizabeth II took the same throne, which by this time also made her head …

School meals may be the only nutritious meal offered to school children in Honduras.

Rome was the quintessential ancient empire. For the 19th-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, it was among the ancient empires the traditional symbol of conquest. Today it is a tourist destination, but also home to the capitals of two nations, Italy, and the Vatican. Bloggers writing about Rome are often …

Carthage was once one of the great trading cities of the ancient world, but it's now most famous for its end at the hands of Rome in what came to be known as the Punic Wars. The censor Marcius Porcius Cato said: "Carthago delenda est." (Carthage must be destroyed.) And …

Beaune, an historic city in the French region of Burgundy, is a popular tourist destination. Pictorially, it is most famous for the richly patterned coloured tiles on the roof of the ancient hospital (now museum), the Hotel-Dieu, which bloggers find almost irrestible. Bloggers may otherwise be reporting on the region's …

An old French proverb ran: Burgundy for kings, champagne for duchesses, claret for gentlemen. But whatever the type, the general claim of France to produce some of the world’s famous wines is unchallenged (with all due respect to California). Bloggers about French wine may be contemplating their history, discussing its …